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The Egyptian Center for Women's Rights and the Egyptian Coalition for Civil Education and Women's Participation follow up the regressive calls for repealing the social laws in Egypt such as the personal status code and the children’s code in a great worry. These codes were previously amended in order to guarantee the rights of human-beings, including women and children. Those amendments did not reach the extent of an approval of the rights of women and children as fully eligible citizens. This matter needs a social discussion that aims at achieving the principles of human rights for which the Egyptian people lead by young men and women were calling for in the 25th of January Revolution.

We assure that such calls for repealing laws come in the course of distorting the Egyptian Revolution and its principles. Such voices found a chance to distort the revolution and ruin its social gains instead of developing the society socially and economically and instead of taking into account the issues of educational and legislative reform, including the victory of the revolution.

We are calling on the military council, the transitional government, all concerned people and civil organizations in Egypt to take a clear stance against such regressive powers and to assure the principles of democracy and human rights.

We are also calling for the assurance of not abandoning the social gains with the pretext that those laws are laws of Mrs. Suzan or Jihan or others; a lot of intellectual people in the Egyptian society, whether men or women, fought for decades for these social gains. Such a pretext is an insult to all the free organizations that worked for social reform in Egypt, because the real victory of the revolution is represented in the preservation of human rights and not in the repeal of these rights.

(Cairo, April 7, 2011)

Non-governmental organizations that are included in the Egyptian Coalition for Civil Education and Women's Rights

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Association

Governorate

1.

The Egyptian Center for Women's Rights

Helwan

2.

Andalus institute for tolerance and anti-violence studies

Cairo

3.

Association of Human Communication

Cairo

4.

Health and Environmental Culture Society

Cairo

5.

Egyptian Medical Women's Association

Helwan

6.

Citizen's Society for Development and Human Rights

Giza

7.

Vision Society for Enlightenment and Community Development

El Menia

8.

Association of population development and the preservation of the environment

Cairo

9.

The Egyptian Society for Marketing and Development

Cairo

10.

With You Society for Social Assistance

Helwan

11.

Gozour Society for the comprehensive Development

Helwan

12.

The Egyptian Society for Family Empowerment

Giza

13.

The Legislative Association in Bakri Mastour

Qalioubia

14.

Pioneers Society for Development

Giza

15.

Al Zohor Association for Development

6th of October

16.

Society Development Association in Sakil

6th of October

17.

The Egyptian Association for Environmental and Humanitarian Development

Al Qualiubia

18.

Our Society Association for Development and Human Rights

Giza

19.

Association of Women and Child Development

Al Qualiubia

20.

The legislative Association in Saa'd Zaghlol

Al Qualiubia

21.

Legal Association for the support of Family and Human rights

Cairo

22.

Mary Girgis Youth Association

Cairo

23.

Hope Association in Al Aslougy

Sharkia

24.

Women for Development Association

6th of October

25.

The Egyptian Association for Defend and support

Helwan

26.

Ayatollah Association

Giza

27.

Economic Liberalization Association

Cairo

28.

Family Care Association

Giza

29.

Al Sharkia Youth Association

Al Sharkia

30.

Al Mashrek Association for Population Development

Sharkia

31.

Cairo Center for Development

Giza

32.

Kelmetna Association for Dialogue and Development

Cairo

33.

Al Tathkif Alfekry Association

Port Said

34.

Frasis Charitable Association for Society's Development

Gharbia

35.

Al Hayat Association in Zifta

Gharbia

36.

The Forum of Dialogue and Partnership for Development

Giza

37.

Future Association for Development

Aswan

38.

Nahdet el Fayuom Association

Fayuom

39.

The Association of the interested people in education and development

Fayoum

40.

Al Tanweer Centre for Development and Human Rights

Giza

41.

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights

Cairo

42.

Nama'a Association for Development and Human Rights

Al Gharbia

43.

Hawaa Future Association

Giza

44.

Ismailia Generations for Development Association

Ismailia

45.

Haq Center for Democracy and Human Rights

Cairo

46.

Association for the Support and Development of Education

Giza

47.

New Fustat Association

Cairo

48.

Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights

Cairo

49.

Bint Al Nil Association

Cairo

50.

Kirtas Masr Association

Cairo

51.

Egyptian Democratic Institute

Cairo

52.

Oioun Masr Association for human rights

Gharbia

53.

Shoa'a Association for Development and Human Rights Studies / under construction

Giza

54.

I am Egyptian Association

Cairo

55.

Red Crescent Association

Sohag

56.

Human Rights Association

Assiut

57.

Al Hana Women's Association

Cairo

58.

Friends of Youth and the environment

Qaliubiya

59.

Center of Children's rights

Cairo

60.

Konouz Association for Development

Kafr El- Sheikh

61.

The Arab dream Association

Kafr El-Sheikh

62.

Community Development Association in Zafarana

Kafr El-Sheikh

63.

Alrob' Charitable Association

Kafr El-Sheikh

64.

Social Welfare Association

Kafr El-Sheikh

65.

Resala association

Kafr el Sheikh

66.

Craft Projects Development and small Industries Association

Desouk

67.

Bint El Riaydh Association

Kafr el Sheikh

68.

Said Salem Society Development Association

Kafr el Sheikh

69.

The National Center for Human Rights

Kafr el Sheikh

70.

Association of modern women

Kafr el Sheikh

71.

The Egyptian Center for Creativity and development and training

Cairo

72.

Middle East Media Association

Cairo

73.

Women and Development Association

Alexandria

74.

Tanweer Center Association

El Menia

75.

Center for the defenders of human rights

Cairo

76.

Our Dream Foundation for comprehensive Development

Qaliubia

77.

Nahdet Misr Association

El Menia

78.

El Sabr ei El Eman Association

Helwan

79.

Dakahlia people Association

Helwan

80.

Association of cities of steel

Helwan

81.

Egyptian media professionals

Gharbia

82.

The Arab Center for Creativity and Development

Cairo

83.

Future Businesswomen Association

Kafr Elsheikh

84.

Regional Federation for Associations

Gharbia

85.

Shehab Foundation for Comprehensive Development Foundation

CAIRO

86.

Seekers of Society Development Association

Fayuom

87.

Association of Social Care for the specific Categories

Helwan

88.

Arab Women Association for Development

Ismailia

89.

Hayat Center Evangelical Doubbara Palace

Cairo

90.

National Association for Youth Rights

Cairo

91.

Civil Association for Children Cooperation

Cairo

92.

Tijan Association for Society Development

Ismailia

93.

Society Development Association in Bahnsa

El Menia

94.

El Ghad El Moushreq Association for the Differently needed and Development